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SNAKE EYES - Nicolas Cage, Gary Sinise, Carla Gugino (1998)
Movies : Action : DVD Rip : English
PLOT
A cheerful and not entirely law-abiding Atlantic City police detective, Rick Santoro (Nicolas Cage) attends a heavyweight championship boxing match. Also there is his good friend, U.S. Navy Commander Kevin Dunne (Gary Sinise), who is part of a group at ringside that includes his boss Charles Kirkland, the government's Secretary of Defense.
With the fight in progress, a woman named Julia Costello (Carla Gugino) who works for the government sits beside Santoro to have a few words with the Secretary of Defense. A gunshot rings out, wounding her and leaving Kirkland dead. There is chaos in the arena as the fight is halted and fans stampede toward the exits.
In his investigation, Santoro gradually comes to realize that there is a conspiracy behind the assassination. Costello is aware of it as well and her life is in danger. Santoro attempts to protect her. The ambitious and unscrupulous cop has been taking payoffs for years, but this time, he is faced with a choice -- accept a million-dollar payoff to keep his mouth shut or defy the odds and risk his life.
CAST
- Nicolas Cage as Detective Rick Santoro
- Gary Sinise as Commander Kevin Dunne
- John Heard as casino owner Gilbert Powell
- Carla Gugino as whistle-blower Julia Costello
- Stan Shaw as boxing champ Lincoln Tyler
- Kevin Dunn as pay-per-view reporter Lou Logan
- Michael Rispoli as bookie Jimmy George
- Joel Fabiani as Secretary of Defense Charles Kirkland
- Luis Guzmán as small time hood Cyrus
- David Anthony Higgins as hotel guest Ned Campbell
- Mike Starr as hotel security Walt McGahn
- Tamara Tunie as television reporter Anthea
- Chip Zien as Mickey Alter
TRIVIA
- Will Smith was originally approached for this film but couldn't agree with the studio on salary.
- The ringside drunk says 'here comes the pain', a line used in another Brian De Palma film (Carlito's Way).
- The real mayor of Atlantic City James Whelan plays the mayor who presents the award at the end of the film.
- The arena sequences were filmed in the Montreal Forum, former home of the NHL's Montreal Canadiens, as the building was about to be gutted.
- The movie features actor Kevin Dunn while Gary Sinise's character is named Kevin Dunne in the film.
- The movie is notable as the first twelve minutes were filmed in what seems to be one continuous shot from the opening sequence featuring the reporter to the assassination. The shot actually has 8 cuts.
- A huge special effects sequence was created by Industrial Light and Magic but cut from the final edit of the film. This sequence involved a huge tidal wave crashing through the casino. Deemed too expensive, the sequence was entirely removed during post production. Several references to it remain in the final edit of the film, most notably the fallen globe and Rick's line "I keep thinking about that tunnel, and what would have happened if I'd drowned." ILM is still credited in the end credits.
COMMENTS
You know, they say back 200, 300 years ago...
pirates put phoney lighthouses right out by those big rocks
right out there.
Ships would set a course by the lights, crash on the rocks,
then everybody'd go out and robe 'em blind.
Only one thing's changed since then--
lights are brighter.
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